I found a failure inside the resistive end cap of the wire. The rubber boot between the outer metal case and the resistor developed a hole and allowed the spark to jump to ground.
Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 04:16:49 -0700 VW Addict aka The Bus Nut <solomon_scott@YAHOO.COM> writes: > I fought this for a week or two, it turned out to be a bad spark plug > wire. I > found this by swaping out the whole set with a new set. I ohmed the > wires, > veiwed them in the dark, sprayed them with water, all the tricks but > nothing > showed bad. I was sick of playing games with it so I swaped the > wires out and > it has been perfect, ...... ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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